diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
index f773fc81c4..1f3be9e5e9 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class @Problem
   #       maybe preferable to consolidate all dispatches to use FormData
   ###
   check_fd: =>
-    Logger.log 'problem_check', @answers
+    # Calling check from check_fd will result in firing the 'problem_check' event twice, since it is also called in the check function.
+    #Logger.log 'problem_check', @answers
 
     # If there are no file inputs in the problem, we can fall back on @check
     if $('input:file').length == 0
diff --git a/common/static/coffee/spec/logger_spec.coffee b/common/static/coffee/spec/logger_spec.coffee
index 8866daa570..7fe734d8b5 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/spec/logger_spec.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/spec/logger_spec.coffee
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ describe 'Logger', ->
     expect(window.log_event).toBe Logger.log
 
   describe 'log', ->
-    it 'sends an event to Segment.io, if the event is whitelisted', ->
+    it 'sends an event to Segment.io, if the event is whitelisted and the data is not a dictionary', ->
       spyOn(analytics, 'track')
       Logger.log 'seq_goto', 'data'
-      expect(analytics.track).toHaveBeenCalledWith 'seq_goto', 'data'
+      expect(analytics.track).toHaveBeenCalledWith 'seq_goto', value: 'data'
+
+    it 'sends an event to Segment.io, if the event is whitelisted and the data is a dictionary', ->
+      spyOn(analytics, 'track')
+      Logger.log 'seq_goto', value: 'data'
+      expect(analytics.track).toHaveBeenCalledWith 'seq_goto', value: 'data'
 
     it 'send a request to log event', ->
       spyOn $, 'getWithPrefix'
diff --git a/common/static/coffee/src/logger.coffee b/common/static/coffee/src/logger.coffee
index 6da4929fb0..f2dfef5132 100644
--- a/common/static/coffee/src/logger.coffee
+++ b/common/static/coffee/src/logger.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 class @Logger
   # events we want sent to Segment.io for tracking
-  SEGMENT_IO_WHITELIST = ["seq_goto", "seq_next", "seq_prev"]
+  SEGMENT_IO_WHITELIST = ["seq_goto", "seq_next", "seq_prev", "problem_check", "problem_reset", "problem_show", "problem_save"]
 
   @log: (event_type, data) ->
+    # Segment.io event tracking
     if event_type in SEGMENT_IO_WHITELIST
-      # Segment.io event tracking
-      analytics.track event_type, data
+      # to avoid changing the format of data sent to our servers, we only massage it here
+      if typeof data isnt 'object' or data is null
+        analytics.track event_type, value: data
+      else
+        analytics.track event_type, data
 
     $.getWithPrefix '/event',
       event_type: event_type